Dricus Du Plessis has multiple eyes on his him after his first successful middleweight title defense.
Du Plessis and Adesanya went toe-to-toe in an entertaining championship bout at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, on Saturday night. While Du Plessis had some early success, Adesanya started finding momentum as the fight progressed, visibly edging past the champ on the feet. However, “Stillknocks” rocked Adesanya with a blistering flurry in the fourth round and almost immediately sunk in a rear-naked choke to earn the finish.
Just because you say it's over doesn't make it overVegas man.. I always travel. Let me fight in my country.. unless you want me to go fix south Africa. We can go to Africa and fight infront of a bunch of white people lmaocontemplating a move back down to 185 pounds. “Poatan” knocked out Adesanya to win the title in 2022 and lost it via a knockout in a rematch the next year before moving up to light heavyweight, where he claimed the title with a victory overat UFC 307 on Oct. 5.
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